Pork Menudo

2 lbs pork belly
½ lb pork liver or 1 can liver pate
1 cup carrots, diced
1 cup potatoes, diced
1 cup red bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup soy sauce
lemon juice
1 bulb onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp. brown sugar
2 cups tomato sauce
1 cup pork/chicken stock
¼ cup cooking oil
1 cup frozen green peas
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 cup pork or chicken stock
2 teaspoons of fish sauce
bay leaves
1/4 cup sprite
garlic powder


Step 1: Marinade pork with soy sauce, bay leaves, ¼ cup sprite, garlic powder and lemon juice for approximately 1 hour
Step 2: Heat pan and place cooking oil
Step 3: Fry potatoes and carrots for about 5 minutes and set aside
Step 4: Sauté garlic and onion in the same pan where the vegetables were fried
Step 5: Add the marinated pork belly until slight brown; add pork/chicken stock & paprika then simmer for 15 minutes
Step 6: Add the pork liver/liver pate and tomato sauce and simmer for 10 minutes
Step 7: Add the fried carrots and potatoes, red bell pepper, green peas and brown sugar then simmer for another 5 minutes
Step 8: Add fish sauce.
Step 9:Serve hot. Enjoy!